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Lone Star’s Zach Forbish (4) gestures after scoring a touchdown in the first half of a high school football game against Frisco at Toyota Stadium, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025, in Frisco.<\/p>\n
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With\u00a0The Dallas Morning News having updated its area recruiting rankings from 50 to 100 players for the Class of 2027<\/a>, we take a look at five recruits who are under the radar and could be poised for big seasons in 2026.<\/p>\n All five are ranked outside the top 40.<\/p>\n No. 49\u00a0Zach Forbish<\/p>\n The three-star\u00a0Frisco Lone Star wide receiver is committed to Michigan State and is coming off a solid season in which he helped Lone Star to a 15-1 record and state runner-up finish in Class 5A Division I. But he is rated the 108th-best wide receiver in the nation and the 120th-best recruit in Texas.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Forbish had 42 receptions for 819 yards and 12 touchdowns last year, but expect him to surpass those numbers as a senior. Lone Star lost four-star Florida signee Davian Groce, one of the nation\u2019s premier receivers who had 64 receptions for 1,572 yards and 18 touchdowns in 2025.<\/p>\n Forbish will once again be catching passes from one of the best quarterbacks in Texas. Trey Wright returns after throwing for 4,062 yards and 43 touchdowns.<\/p>\n No. 63\u00a0Caris Sela<\/p>\n The Justin Northwest three-star recruit is committed to\u00a0TCU<\/a> but is rated the 90th-best running back in the nation and the 155th-best player in Texas. He is not in the top 1,200 recruits nationwide, per 247Sports.<\/p>\n Sela is coming off a junior season in which he ran for 1,670 yards and 15 touchdowns and caught 29 passes for 261 yards and a score. He was the fifth-leading rusher among Dallas-area Class 6A players.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Sela\u2019s numbers could be helped by realignment. Southlake Carroll and Trophy Club Byron Nelson were the only teams in Northwest\u2019s new eight-team district that won more than five games last season.<\/p>\n No. 68\u00a0Ake O\u2019Neal<\/p>\n The three-star Argyle wide receiver is committed to Oklahoma State but is rated the 1,499th-best player in the country. He\u2019s also ranked by 247Sports as the 191st-best wide receiver in the nation and the 191st-best recruit in Texas.<\/p>\n Most opponents will be devoting extra defenders to Argyle four-star wide receiver Julian Caldwell<\/a>, who is committed to Texas Tech and is coming off a junior season in which the Under Armour All-American had 94 catches for 1,737 yards and 20 touchdowns for a 12-2 regional finalist. That should open up space for\u00a0O\u2019Neal, who had 21 receptions for 335 yards and one touchdown last year while missing four games because of an injury.<\/p>\n O\u2019Neal is a track standout who qualified for regionals in the high jump and long jump last season and had season bests of 6-6 in the high jump and 22-7 in the long jump. He finished seventh in the triple jump at the state meet as a sophomore in 2025 and jumped a personal-best 47-9.75 to win regionals that season.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n<\/p>\n